A Professional Portfolio
A portfolio of published works
Published by Do615 on 11/1/23. Imagine yourself at The Blue Room this Friday night. Parquet Courts’ frontman Andrew Savage takes the stage, and just as he begins strumming the opening chords of “Hurtin’ Or Healed,” a small flame sparks in the corner of the room. That small flame grows, song by song, until it engulfs … Read more
Published by Do615 on 9/1/23. The year is 2004. One of England’s most popular DJs, Zane Lowe, hears “Damn Damn Leash” by teenage punks Be Your Own Pet. These Nashville School of the Arts students quickly find themselves as one of the most in-demand bands in the music industry. That’s an awful lot of pressure to put … Read more
Published by EveryDejaVu on 3/13/23. Brian Brown is something of a hometown hero. As Nashville’s hip-hop scene started finding its footing in recent years, Brown has remained at the forefront of that movement. The East Nashville representative’s debut album Journey arrived in January 2020 after a five-year wait, and it immediately felt like a paradigm shift. Subsequent releases … Read more
Published by Do615 on 10/18/22. There’s something in that Australian water. Melbourne’s King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard have built a reputation as the music industry’s most prolific band with five albums planned for 2022 alone, but Perth’s Psychedelic Porn Crumpets have quietly amassed an impressive catalog of their own. Two albums have come and … Read more
Published by Do615 on 9/23/22. In just three short years removed from their debut album, Irish post-punk band Fontaines D.C. have quickly positioned themselves as one of rock’s most vital new voices. The critically acclaimed Dogrel took hold of the United Kingdom in 2019, but the response to 2020’s A Hero’s Death was a rare one; a pandemic album … Read more
Published by EveryDejaVu on 8/8/22. Confidence is not always easy to come by, but Namir Blade is well on his way. His Mello Music Group debut, 2020’s Aphelion’s Traveling Circus, utilized Afrofuturistic world-building to convey timeless feelings of love, longing and isolation. When he returned with 2021’s retro Imaginary Everything, a collaborative album with producer L’Orange, that … Read more